Melting and pouring ladle.



T. H. NANCE. MELTING AND POURING LADLE. APPucmou FILED 0121229. m5.

Patented Dec. 5,1916.

Affomey TURNER HUNT NANCE, 0F BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

Maurine AND rounme LADLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

lPtatentedlDec. 5, 1916.

Application filed. October 29, 1915. Serial No. 58,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TURNER H. NANCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Melting and Pouring Ladle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved melting and pouring ladle, and has for its chief object to provide certain improvements in the construction of ladle disclosed in Letters Patent, No. 692,697, granted to me February 4, 1902.

The invention has for an object to provide a ladle with an improved handle [by means of whichthe ladle may be firmly" held at the desiredangle with both hands during the pouring operation, wherein the bowl of the ladle is provided with an improved pouring spout, and means for concentrating and guiding the metal to the pouring spout to facilitate the quick discharge of small quantities of the molten metal, and to provide the ladle with an improved support or standard from which the ladle may be readily lifted, and which will not be afl'ected by the heat of the fire playing against the bottom of the bowl.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be clearly brought out in the following detail description of the present preferred embodiment of the invention, the same being-disclosed in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved ladle. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal sectional view through the same, showing the ladle supported upon the standard. Fig. 3' is a top plan view of the bowl of the ladle, showing a part of the handle for supporting the same. Fig. 4 is a transver'se section through the handle on the line 44 of Fig. 2, showing the standard applied to the handle. Fig. 5 is a detail top planview of the bowl, showing a slight modification in the structure thereof. 1

Referring to the drawing, wherein like parts are designated by similar characters of reference throughout the several views, 10 designates the bowl of the improved ladle, which is of the usual form for the reception of the metal to be melted. The bowl is provided at one or more sides with pouring lips 11, which project outwardly from the upper edge of the bowl in the usual manner. The upper edge of the bowl 10 is provided at the opposite sides of each lip 11 with an upstanding flange 12, serving as a reinforcement for the bowl, and also as a guide for the molten metal to direct the same into the lip 11 and admit of the pouring of a relatively large amount of the metal quickly, as in the formation of small bearings. The flanges 12 merge into the upper edges of the lips 11 and constitute continuations of the same, so as to provide a funnel like formation at the side of the bowl to receive and direct the metal outwardly through the pouring lip 11.

In Fig. 1,'the bowl 10 is disclosed as having two pouring lips 11, located at the opposite sides of the bowl so that the metal may be poured from either side thereof. In Fig. 5 of the drawings, there is disclosed a slight modification of the form of bowl 10 wherein the pouring lips 11 are located at the opposite sides of the bowl, as shown in Fig. 1, and in addition thereto, a third pouring lip 11 is positioned at the front of the bowl intermediate the lateral lips. This latter arrangement is provided for the purpose of admitting the pouring of the metal from the front of the bowl when the work is carried on in narrow trenches, ditches, or the like, where it is desired to pour molten lead or other metal into pipe joints in water and gas mains, and wherein the trench or ditch does not admit of the turning of the-ladle sidewise to bring one of the lips 11' over the joint.

The bowl 10 is provided at its rear side with a handle. This handle is shown in ;the present instance as comprising a lug 13,

preferably cast integral on the side of the bowl 10, and carryingthe inner end of a stem or rod 14 which projects radially from the bowl. The rod 14 may be secured to the lug in any suitable manner, one means of securement being disclosed in Fig. 2 of the drawing, wherein the lug 13 is apertured and screwthreaded for the reception of the screw threaded end of the rod 14. The rod 14 is held from turning within the lug 13 by means of a'locking pin 15 which passes down through the lug 13, and through the inner end of the rod 14, thus locking the lug and the rod together. The outer end of the pin 15 is turned over and inwardly against the rod 14 to provide a locking finger 16 for engagement in a notch or slot 17 formed in the lower end of a slidable hand grip 18 the latter being mounted for stantial hand grip for supporting the bowl 10 at the desired angle when the hand grip 18 is twisted to tilt the bowl inthe act of pouring. The upper end of thestem or rod 14 is provided with a fixed hand grip 19 adaptedto be engaged byone hand to support the outer end of the handle. The outer end of the handle is provided with means fornormally holding the hand grip 18 at the outer end of the handle and away from the bowl 10 during the melting process.

Thus the handle 18 is prevented from burning, or being over heated by the fire playing against the bowl 10. The hand grip 18 may therefore be readily held by the hand when it is moved down. into position to supportthe bowl. The present means for holdupon the'innerend of the fixed hand grip ing the handlgrip 18 in its outermost position is shown, in Figs. '1 and 2 of the drawing, as'comprisingla flat spring 20 carried 19, and lyinglongitudinally of the rod or stem 14, so asltoenter the aperture in the movable hand grip 18 when the latter is moved outwardly. Thus, the hand grip '18 f is yieldingly held .in its outward position and, by a slight pressure, may be dislodged "ifrom' the: spring and ,moved' down the" rod14.

'Anotherefeature of the present invention "be readily detached therefrom by a quick,

slight lateral movement of the handle. To

this end the present invention embraces a standard, 21, pointed at its lower extremity for engagement in theground, and provided near its upper end with an under; cut slot 22 of sufficient width to loosely receive the V stem or rod 14 therein. The slot 22 opens throughone sideor edgeof the standard 121 so that-the .rod 14 may be placed in y the slot, ormay be removed from the slot, 7 by a slight lateral movement of the handle. In the :use' ofthis improved melting and pouring ladle, the standard 21 is driven in 1 the ground. The' netal is placedin the bowl 10, and the. hand grip'18 is moved outwardly upon the rod 14, and held in such positionby-the spring 20;. The rod 14 is now engaged; in the slot 22 V of: the standard, .to, hold theladle.inthel-position shown in ,1? i'g. 2. {The heat is-now applied to the ladle r if; for. melting the lejad,IBabbitt, or other metal "placed therein. As soon as it is desired to 1 pour aquantity of'the molten metal 'from thebowl, 10,the hand grip18 i's forced away.

frointhe spring 20, and moved down upon the rod14 to a position adjacent the standard 21. The operator, now grasping the hand grips 18 and 19, moves the ladle laterally to disengage the rod 14 from the slot 22 and thus free the ladle from the standard. The hand grip 18 is now further forced toward the bowl 10 and is turned to register the notch 17 with the finger 16, the latter entering the notch and holding the hand grip 18 from turning. In pouring the metal both hands may now be utilized for holding the bowl 10 at the desired tilting angle,

as both of the hand grips 18 and 19 are locked from turning upon the stem. As soon as the bowl 10 is tilted, the metal flows toward the edge of the bowl and is guided by the flanges 12 into the pouring spout 11, the flanges 12 concentrating the stream of molten metal, and preventing the spread- 5;.5

spirit of the invention, such changes or modifications being limited only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is 1. In a ladle, a bowl, a handle extending from one side of the bowl, a fixedhand grip on the outer end of the handle, a movable hand grip slidable longitudinally upon the handle, means for normally holding the movable hand grip at the outer end of the is in providing a standard or support for pthe ladle during the heating process which Zwill not be. affected by the heat, and which is of such construction that the ladle may .dle, and means on the inner end of the handle engaging the movable hand grip for holding the same from rotation upon the handle.

2. In a ladle, a bowl, a rod extending outwardly from one side of the bowl, a fixed hand grip on the outer end of the rod, a movable hand grip slidable on the rod, a

(spring on the outer end of the rod for frictional engagement with the movable hand grip '101', yieldingly holding the same in its outermost position, and a finger upon the inner end of the rod, said movable hand grip having a notch in its inner end adapted to receive said finger whereby to hold the movable hand grip from turning on the rod,

'when the movable hand grip is moved inthrough radiating from the bowl, a stem threaded at its inner end for engagement in the aperture in the lug, a pin passing through the lug and the inner end of the stem to lock the same together, said pin being overturned at its outer end against the side of the stem to provide a locking finger, a hand grip slidable upon the stem, and having a notch in its inner end to receive said finger to hold the hand grip from turning when moved inwardly, a fixed hand grip on the outer end of the stem, and a spring carried by the fixed hand grip and extending longitudinally of the stem for engagement in the outer end of the movable hand grip to hold the latter yieldingly in position when moved outwardly on the stem.

4. In a ladle, a bowl provided with a lug having an aperture therethrough, a handle engaging at one end in the aperture, a pin traversing the lug and the adjacent end of the handle, the outer end of said pin being overturned upon the handle to provide a locking finger, and a movable hand grip on the handle having a finger engaging portion thereon adapted for interlocking engage.

ment with the finger to hold the hand grip from rotatlon upon the handle.

5. In a ladle, a bowl, a hand grip mounted on the bowl for adjustment outwardly therefrom to prevent the heating and burning of the hand grip, and means for interlocking the hand grip to the bowl when the hand grip is moved inwardly.

6. In a ladle, a bowl, a stem projecting from one side of the bowl, a fixed hand grip on the outer end of the stem, a movable hand grip slidable on the stem between the bowl and the fixed hand grip, and a spring proj eoting from the inner end of the fixed hand grip and extending longitudinally of and lying close to the stem, said spring being adapted to bind between the stem and the outer end of the movable hand grip to yield ingly hold the latter outwardly from the bowl and to house and protect the spring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' TURNER HUNT NANCE.

Witnesses:

C. S. ANDERSON, J. M. M. Worronn.

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